The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1887-05-20

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duty has caused dismay h Austria ed Hun
gasia, - the incrsasevouM eata1 sssiousleee
In the Austro-Hungazian empire.
The Queen. the Marquis Il Lerns and rfin-
cess Louise Visited Buffalo Btll's VIVA West
ahow Wednesday afternoon. Buffalo Dt1.
Red Shirt and No equaw were presented to
the queen.
Copeland 4 IcIaren, importers Of pig trops
etc., q Montreal, have suspended pAyments
No statement has yet been prepared, but the
nrm place their liabilities, direct and indirect
at about eeeS.0oo.
Mr.. O'Brien addressed . large meeting 1t
Montreal Wednesday night. The meeting
was q grand success. The mayor Of Toronto
decidedsto call asspublicmeeting for the purpose
of considering the advisssility Of prohibiting
Mr.. O'Brieu from speaking in that city.
The American schooner Clara J. Friend
which put in At Halifax, applied to the Gus
toms authorities for permission to buy pro-
visions. The minister Of customs advised
the consui.genetii that no American vessel
could buy provisions in . esasdiGn port nm.
der the treaty Of 1878, now in force.
The new building recently erected BY the
Grand Army Of the Republic, department Of
the Potomac, was dedicated Tuesday evening.
Addresses were delivered by Post Commander
in.chief Burdette, Gen. Green B. Raum, Of
Illinois, and Senator Sherman, who also made
. subscription Of sr,00oto the soc!ety's stock.
President Cleveland issued an executive
order closing the executive Offices aud depart.
ments, and seat Of government, including the
public printing establishment, at noon on
Thursday, tina 18th inst, to enable the per.
sons employed therein to attend the exercises
ut the unveilug Of the statute Of the late
President Garfield.
Gen. Boulanger has had drafted q bill for
the experimental mobilization Of the French
army next October. The prime minister has
sent a letter to.t budget committee Of the
chamber Of deputies, expressing willingness
on the part Of the government to examine co.
Jointly, with the committee, any economies in
the administration Of the affairs Of state
which tho COMMITTEES may propose % desira.
bic.
At the request Of the executive committee
Of the national drill, Gen. Sheridan has de
tailed Col. 8. Z. Hunt, Of his stan, to take
charge Of the rife competition during the
drill. Competition will be open to any fcg-
ularly enlisted men OF commissioned officers
Of volunteer militia, and not to exceed two
men from any n company under army reg
ulations. Eight prizes will be offered, con.
sisting of gold, silver and bronze medals.
About 100 entries have already been received.
Queen Kaplolani, wife of King Kalakaua, Of
the Hawaiian islands, attended by her sister,
the Princess Linton Nalui, the princess hus-
band and rest other suite, arrived in Chicago
at 2 O'Clock Monday afternoon. When the
train moved into the depot . great crowd had
assembled to get . glimpse Of the queen: but
without success. Her car was attached to
the regular train on the Pennsylvania road at
8 O'Clock for Washington. From the latter
city the party will go to New York, and after
spending a few days there will sail for Lon.
don.
Nordenfeldt is about to sign q contract
with the Hungarian government for the es.
Enlistment of a factory at Pesth for the
manufacture Of small arms. The capital Of
the concern will be four million forms. Hun
gary will allot lands on which the factory will
be built, free Of rent, and will exempt the
property from the payment Of all taxes for
fifteen years. 1t will also exempt from duty
all imported machinery which will be used
in the factory, and guarantees an order for
0 10000 rifles, to be delivered in two years.
Consul-General Walker, Of Paris, is in
Washington on leave Of absence, and It is un
derstood that he does not expect to return to
his post. There were over 400 applications
for the position at the incoming Of the pre-
sent administration, but Walker, who is q
Republican, was retained in Office, It was
said, because Of his familiarity with the silver
question and the possibility that there might
be another international monetary confer
ence, Now that such conference is no longer
considered probable, applications are again
being pushed for the situation.
London advices say that the American shin
Occidental, Capt. Williams, from Cardiff for
Acapulco, was spoken on the 23d Of March in
latitude 1 degree 26 minutes, and longitude
IS degrees 80 minutes west. The mate was in
command and the crew in . mutinous state.
The mate reported that the captain had been
killed three days before in a quarrel with one
of the crew, an Irishman. The captain struck
the 1rishmen with a Delaying pin, and the
1rlshman, rushing upon the captain, stabbed
him to death. The murderer had not been
placed in irons, the mate fearing to take that
step. The wife and children Of the captain
refused to be taken of, and proceeded on the
Occidental to her destination.
The Russian government has directed that
all merchants in Posen having commercial
interests beyoud the Russian frontier must
pay tine taxes of the Russian Merchants' guild
and obtain license from the Russian minister
of trade. The eemi-oficial press, in its com.
ments on this and the new Russian duties on
metals, displays great indignation. Tue
Cologne Gazette says this course constitutes
. crushing blow to German industry, and ID
also q blow in the face to the previous Rus.
sian policy and the policy Of its present ofic.
ial leaders. 1t shows that Katkof, not the
DcGiers party, commands the real power,
Such q measure can only have the object Of